Ethical Statement
Written informed consent was obtained from the patient to publish this
report in accordance with the journal’s patient consent policy.
The authors would like to acknowledge Rafael Adame Cabrera, MD, of the
Department of Pathological Anatomy of Portuguese Institute of Oncology
Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal, for providing the iconography of the
histological samples.
Abbreviations: AJCC, American joint committee on cancer; BMI,
body mass index; CT, computerized tomography; FNAC, fine needle
aspiration cytology; MDT, multidisciplinary head and neck oncology team;
PTC, Papillary thyroid carcinoma; T4, thyroxine; TGDC, thyroglossal duct
cysts; TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; UPTC, Upper Neck Papillary
Thyroid Cancer.